‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is not an antique fixed in time, but a living allegory that inspires us to realize democracy’s potential, says historian/musicologist Mark Clague. The song’s enduring resilience mirrors the nation’s experience, he says.

Shirley Wheeler Smith was Michigan’s classic behind-the-scenes man in 1949 — chief financial officer, liaison to the Regents, and all-around troubleshooter — until he wrote an ‘America’s-Pastime’ story that took him to Hollywood.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, alumnus, and retired Stamps professor has been traveling in Ukraine and Poland, capturing the story of Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn country.

From Spielberg projects to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, composer/DEI advocate Laura Karpman, BMus, ’80, has long navigated the male-dominated industry of music scoring. Now she’s working to enhance the picture.

Thanks to a gift of $250K from Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Culture Corps is flipping the script on the traditional arts internship by recruiting students historically excluded from arts careers

Professional Broadway singers star alongside U-M musical theatre students in a special concert Feb. 19-20, featuring the first live performances of John Williams’s orchestral arrangement of the movie score.

The Lo Chia-Lun Calligraphy Collection is the largest gift of art in the University’s history. The collection preserves important evidence of cultural pursuits in the early 20th century; it also reflects the tastes and intellectual exchanges among leading thinkers of the time.

U-M’s Detroit River Story Lab partners with community groups in Flint and Detroit to teach schoolchildren about ship construction and buoyancy, river ecology, and the river’s role in the history of the Underground Railroad.

The Comma Bookstore & Social Hub is a rarity: Fewer than 6 percent of U.S. bookstores are owned and operated by Black entrepreneurs. Egypt Otis, BA ’20, is here to change that.